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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09
Difficulties in the Way.

Each year men meet with discour-
asements and disappointments with
the hog crop; but these are not COM
mon to all every year Cholera has
been and still is the greatest annoy
ancc, but it does not each all. Those
that escape meet the demand with
their crop. But dlscouragements re-
sulling from the weather are common
TO all this year While it is claimed
that loss by disease may be within the
control of the farmer. no man is fool
hardy enough to claim that the losses
that come to us this year on account of
the drought could have been controlled
by us. But this does not prevent us
undertaking them to certain ex-
tent. The farmer counted on q crop
of pumpkins with his corn. A heavy
crop of potatoes was expected
at planting, the small ones
for the pigs. A crop of sugar cane
was calculated on to fill the gap be-
tween the harvest gleanings and new
corn. A heavy crop of Indian corn
was the corner stone on which was
built many bright hopes for the flu
ture. But all have failed to great
cr or less extent and the failure is of
such an extent that all men are
brought in close sympathy. The pig
raiser needs what feed he has. and is
f rtuna!c if he does not need more.
With all this disappointment we do
not expect that the corn-growcrs and
hog-raisers will lose hope, but rather
that they are already laying their
plans for greater things another year.
Those fields that missed grass must go
to corn, which can't help but be q fair
price next year. and we reason that
hogs will do well, so much so that
every man will try to have few to
market. - National Stocbn,an and
Tf37Dpf
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SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Eggs in the South.

There is no indu 'try in this country
that is so closely watched and more
carefully computed than the poultry
business. An exceedingly interesting
table has been prepared showing the
annual yield of eggs per fowl in dozens
in each State Maine heads the list
with seven and tivc-tenths dozen eggs
for each hen in the State; Massachu-
sets comes next with seven and two
tcnths dozens and Connecticut follows
with seven and onc-tcnth dozens. New
Hampshire ranks fourth with six and
ninc-.cnths dozens and Rhode Island
keeps up the record with six and
fourteen. hs dozens. In these i've
extreme Eastern States we find the
hens producing more eggs every year
tIan in other sections of the country.
In making up this record all fowls
are considered as mongrels. but in tho
States named the pure breeds greatly
prcdominatc. The market there is the
best the country Affords mixed farm
inc prevails and the producers have
greater inccn ives TO spur them on.
But what are the causes that make
lien produce more eggs in one section
of Tie country than in another? The
fr.t is the market, second is The quail
~ of the stock and the third is that
the poultry is regarded as one OF the
sources of tie family income and is
given proper attention. treatment and
care. The hens of Indiana and New
York each produce five dozen eggs
wear. Tennessee has q rccor | OF four
and scycn-tenths dozens; Kentucky
four and four-tenths dozens; North
Caroline three and six-tenths dozens;
Alabama three and two -tenths dozens;
South Carolina three and onc-tcnth
dozens and Louisiana only three dozen.
Thus we see that the Southern S ates
are ut the foot of the class in the num-
Der of eggs their hens produce. No
comments will be made. Where there
arc no long, drcary winters. where
poultry houses can be put up at small
cost, where the chickens can pick
green food the year around, while all
kinds offood are produc, d at nominal
cost. more eggs should be produced.
Ponder the subject over well.-Farm-
| ers' Home Jouraa'.
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their cattle. We publish the follow
ing on the subject from MIR. A. b.
Allen, of New York, in the columns OF
the Breeders Gaze,te:
As was formerly engaged in New
York many years in purchasing and
shipping improved cattle to my friends
in the South Atlantic States. will give
Mr. Balch, of Arkansas, the method OF
treating them:
Spring calves were purchased, from
six TO nine months old, and shipped
not earlier than the month of Novem-
Der, so as to insure cool weather and
freedom from the torment of insects
on their transit. They were fed from
their arrival South and long afterward
with the same food. or its equivalent,
that We are in the habit of giving our
cattle at the North. In addition TO
this. rs soon as the warm weather
came on in March they were put into
wcll-vcntilated stables or sheds. dark
ened SO much during tho day as to
keep out flies or other annoy
ing insects. Near shutdown, and
early in the morning till the sun was
an hour or so high. they were allowed
to exercise in u large dry yard or in
pasture, and supplied with all the pure
water they would drink, morning,
noon and night.
Some persons think they can turn
out their stock safely to gr'zc in past
ure through the night, because it is
then cool and insects will not trouble
them. but my friends at the South in
formed me that the night dcws were
as injurious to their cattle as the hot
sun by day, and to insure their good
health they must be kept out of ii.
have no experience of the climate
at Little Rock, Ark, and do not know
that it is as warm II one as that of the
South Atlantic States and Louisiana
and Lower Texas. The offspring of
Northern improved cattle may be
less cared for at the South than above
detailed, and the grades got by bulls
out of native cows may probably be
treated the same as the pure natives
and with equal safety, although the
Improvement them over pure natives
will be considerable.
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THE oUTGRoWTH OF IA VASE EXr

The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded q vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies.
DR.. Pierce's EavOrite Prescription
Is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands Of
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested It in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had bafhed their skill, prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure Of suffering women. It
Is not recommended as "cure-all," but
as a. most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
Az a powerful, invigorating tonic,
1t imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendages, in particular. For overworked,
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HERE AND THERE.

Mr. Polk Prince, near Guthrie'
Ky, and Mr. W. L. Warield, near St.
Bethlehem. Tenn. lost tobacco barn
each by fire recently. A portion of
Mr.. Princes and all of Mr. Warfeld's
six acres-crop were lost.
"A Mercer County (Ky.) farmer re-
Gently sold his flock of sheep with the
expectation Of replacing them for less
money, but finding that he could not
do it he gave ten dollars mere than he
got for his own flock buck.
Fowls thrive best when they 60 to
roost with their crops well filled with
some sort of dry feed, which requires
considerable time to digest. In the
winter. just before the chickens go to
roost, give them all they will eat of
corn and wheat.
Two tobacco barns in Simpson
County, KY, were burned recently,
one belonging to Mr.. Merryman and
the other to MI. Maburn Sloss. Each
contained large crop of tobacco The
1887 crop is about all cut in Simpson
County, and wheat sowing is the order
of the day.
"A difference in the yield of milk
of four quarts aday, even at two cents
n quart, is equal to $24 a year.
which is the interest at six per cent.
on $500. A difference of 100 pounds
of butter year is equal to the same
amount With ten cows this counts
up pretty fast.
Pigs must be cared for in bad
weather, or else sou can't expect much
of them. They should have warm, dry
beds to sleep in; if you can not get
any thing better, good dry straw will
do to make their beds OF, but leaves
are much better. Sleeping in straw.
especially if the straw be wet will
give them the mango.
Kerosene is of great help in tho
proper care of poultry. Their nest
boxes should be oiled with it as
preventive of vermin. A few drops
occasionally in the drinking water
will hinder colds or roup, and when APP
piled to scaly legs it effects cure,
while it is highly recommended as
cure for cholera.
A writer advises against the plant
ing OF fruit trees. especially peaches,
near together, saying that from twenty
to twenty-five feet is not too far apart.
He claims the wider planting makes
better shaped trees, with better access
of air and sunshine. while the tree
has greater area from which to draw
root supplies.
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EXPERT CT.

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A Sharper's Trick.

A farmer in Alabama sold his farm
to some capitalists who said they were
going TO build city on it. He
obligated himself to buy two corner
lots at the public sale of lots and what
they brought was to be credited on the
amount lie was to have for the farm.
He found at the sale the capitalists
were rival bidders for the corner lots
and he had to give $500 more for them
than the farm came to. So lie gave
all his farm and $500 for about the
one -thousanth part of his land. That
town didn't boom.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09
AWo,nan,s Confession.

"Do you know, Mary, I once actually con.
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the most unhappy woman in the world. I
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and felt twenty. Life seemed to have
perienced all those Symptoms myself.
Nelll" swell, was saved at the eleventh
hour from the commission of a deed which
shudder to think of. A friend advised me
to take DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
/ did so. In an incredibly short time felt
like new being. The Prescription cured
me, and owe DR.. Pierce debt Of gratitude
which I can never repay"
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One Fact

Is worth column OF rhetoric, said an American
statesman. 1t is fact. established by the testi.
mony of thousands of people. that Hoods sarsapa-
ra does cure scrofula, salt rheum, and other dis.
eases or affections arising from impure state or LOW
condition of the blood. 1t also overcones that tired
feeling, creates good appetite. and gives strength
to every part Of the system. II you need a good
blood purifier. tonic, or appetizer try Hoods Sarsa
parilla. It will do you good.
My daughter received much benefit from Hoods
sarsaparla as an excellent tonic after protracted
attack of bronchial pneumonia" REV. F. H.
ADAMS, New Hartford. Conn.
My wife suffered from sick headache and neu.
ralgia. After taking Hoods Sarsaparilla she was
much relieved" W. R. BABB, Wilmington, Ohio.
Hoods SsTsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists 81; six for S. Prepared only
BY C.L HOOD 4 co, Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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Those who are trying to break up the
baneful habit Of intemperance will expert
ence great benefit from the use Of Prickly
Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system.
Priclly Ash Bitters will remedy the evi. re-
suits and restore the brain, stomach and
liver to healthy action, thereby strengthen
toning up the system ana removing every
faint Of disease. It is purely amedicme and
while pleasant to the taste, it can not be
used as a beverage by reason Of its cathartic
properties.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09
A PIN in Time, Saves Nine,

DR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
are preventive as well as curative. A few
Of these Little Giants" taken at the right
time, with little expense and no incOn-
venience, will accomplish what many dol
lars and much sacrifice of time will fail to
do after Disease once holds you with his
iron grasp Constipation relieved, the LIVER
regulated, the Blood purified, will fortify
against feyers and all contagious diseases.
Persons intending travel, changing diet,
water and climate, will find Invaluable, DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. In
walls convenient to carry.
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"A curious advertisement is now
going the rounds of the Utah papers.
1t reads like this: "Wantcd-Informa-
ton of John Edmund Kettle, aged
twenty-six formerly of London, En-
gland, latterly of Salt Lake City, by
the undersigned, Marietta Kettle.
Rosa V. Kettle. Lillian O. Kettle.
Katherine X. Kettle, Matte S. Kettle
Susan T. Kettle, Fannie B. Kettle,
Constance c. Kettle, Margaret A.
Kettle and Julia A. Kettle, all of Salt
Lake City. boston Globe.
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Pretty Well Fixed.

Witness" said lawyer in the
police court the other day, you speak
of Mr.. Smith being well of. Is he
worth five thousand dollarsp'
mo. sah.''
Two thousand?"
No, sab; he hain't worth twenty.
fve."
"Then how is he we'll Off"
Got a wife who sports de hull
family. sah"'-DetroD Free Press.
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THAT'S what call tripping the light
fantastic toe," said the mischievous boy, as
his blonde-haired sister fell over the rope
he had stretched across the garden walk
Gorhdm Inoantaineer.
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ONE of the difficulties apprehended from
cremation is said to be the inevitable in
crease of family jars-N Y Ledger
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Offer No. 173.

O1I0T mo- I 1Oe
FREELTo MERCHANTS ONLY: An ele
CANT silver-plated Water Pitcher, frosted
and richly carved; height, 10 inches. Ad
dress at once,
r. W. TANsILL g. Co.,
S. State Street, Chicago.
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The scholar without good breed
ing is pedant; the philosopher a
cynic; the soldier brute and every
man disagreeable. ~ ChestsrfeId
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For BRONCHIAL, Asthmatic and Pulmo-
nary Complaints, "Bro,cn's Bronchial Troches''
have remarkable curative properties. Sold
0nly in boxes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09

IT looks little singular, but the man who
drops dead instantly from sunstroke dies
by degrees
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09

WHAT is the difference between man at
the masthead of ship and the ship itself?
The ship sails over the seas, and the man
sees over the sails-N. y Ledger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09

VlMMAs, if your little ones contract skin
diseases, apply Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hips Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC. The best
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JAN birds are usually night hawks

A RED house which succumbs to cyclone
Is dashed with blue.
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HOWEVER disturbed in spirit hungry man
may be, after eating pie he has an inward
pfece-AulebOro ADVOCATE.
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WHEN a ship comes in collision with an
iceberg it ought not to be difficult for the
nasseuoers 4. keen cool-Pnck
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The man who can buy the most with %
cent is likely to come out ahead in the race
of life. He gains on the quarter stretch
Washington Critic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09

How IS the SUMS light supported? By its
beams.
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THE fayorite hymn of the pious electrician
Pm going home to dynamo. "-Boston
transcript
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09

THE dealer who fits up fre-places is a
great man in his community.-Aerchant
Travel r.
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STARS are now looking for supports, and
it is wise precaution; for isn't the taIl
season coming on?
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Acclimating Cattle in the South.

The subject of acclimating cattle in
the South is one of great Importance
to those stockmen who aim to improve
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09

If all so-calIed remedies have failed, DR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
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229 MAIN ST., Memphis, Tenn.
j. F. SMITH & Co.: Gento:-
Your invoice of Bile Beans received q few
days since. They are the best seller of any
proprietary article of the kind which I
handle. and invariably give satisfaction.
Yours, ETC.,
J.J. MILES.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-09

A 10c. cigar in quality, but only SC
cigar in price is "Tansill's Punch"
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IT is foolish for a man to squander his last
cent Very non-cents-ical - Washington
Critic.
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BACHELORS haul-a wife when he takes
one-Iezas Sitti,gs.
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WHEN two men start out with the under
standing that they are to get full they
decorate the town with fll-agree work.
Merchant 7rdusier.
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PUN-GENT-the man who is forever pun
ming Whitehall Times.
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MANY small boy, who yearns for second
lnstaliment of pie, CRIES: 'Piece, piece!" but
there is no piece. Burlington Free Press
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AUTUMN maneuvers-trying to get trusted
for fall suit
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KNOXVILLE, GA, Nov. 49,
but short time, yet have sold nearly two
gross. The people are well pleased with
them, and say they come fully up to all you
claim for them. They are undoubtedly one
of the best preparations ever offered to tho
Dublic
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900 M.1u sn Mom,h;s Tar,

THE hornet always manages to keep his
end up.-Dusuth ParagrGpher.
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GAME cooked on rifle range ought to suit
ali old hunter.-Ie1as Siftings.
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THE man who essayed to collect his
thoughts did not make very large de-
post ut the bank
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WHAT it is cracked up to be-oatmeal.
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THERE are more falls than hops in beer.
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